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MISSION: Classical muse MOMENT OF TRUTH: Morris was a sophomore pre-law student when he attended a violin concert that changed his life. "For the first time, I saw a person of color, playing with so much conviction and passion and technical facility. I will never, ever forget it." BACKSTORY: Before then, Morris viewed music as just for fun. He had played the violin since he was a kid in Park Forest, and stuck with it because his friends were in the orchestra and it might lead to a scholarship.

Notre Dame senior forward Quinton Chievous admitted it took him a few minutes to adjust to playing against Niles North guard Abdel Nader. "I hang out with him all the time," Chievous said. "Me and him are basically brothers. " Chievous put their friendship aside in the second half, igniting a late run to lead No. 14 Notre Dame to a 61-50 triumph over Niles North in the championship game of the 33rd Annual Wildcat Hardwood Classic at Wheeling. Chievous, a 6-foot-5 senior, was named the tournament MVP after scoring 17 points and pulling down 17 rebounds.

Quinton Chievous dominated a quarter Notre Dame won by six points. Then he sat with two fouls and watched a quarter it won by seven. Chievous and fellow senior Rodney Pryor took turns carrying the load Tuesday during a 58-50 victory against Marist in an East Suburban Catholic Conference game in Niles. Chievous scored 10 of his 22 points in the first quarter, and Pryor had 11 of his 18 in the second as the No. 15 Dons built a 13-point halftime lead. "I didn't play as much as I wanted to," said Chievous, who spent more time than usual on the bench in the second half because he had been a bit under the weather the past couple days.

As Chicago struggles with its highest homicide rate in years, the role of a single street gang stands out: more than a quarter of the city's nearly 400 slaying victims through Sept. 25 were affiliated with the Gangster Disciples, according to Chicago police statistics obtained by the Tribune. Long the city's largest gang, the Gangster Disciples have dominated significant swaths of the South Side for decades. But now authorities say the gang is eating itself from within, riven by feuding factions with names like the Killa Ward and The Hit Squad that engage in bloody conflicts over turf they once shared.

Authorities don't suspect foul play in the death of a stepson of Aldwin McNeal, the man accused of murdering two men in a Waukegan pizza shop earlier this year, the Lake County coroner's office said Wednesday. Quinton Robertson, 6, the son of Regina McNeal, Aldwin's wife, was pronounced dead at 8:40 a.m. Monday in his mother's Zion apartment. Quinton, who had cerebal palsy and other physical ailments, appeared to have suffocated, officials said. Regina McNeal told authorities that she found Quinton lying face down in a pile of clothes on the floor in a bedroom of the apartment, said Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Jim Wipper.

A Lisle woman was arrested and charged with retail theft Sunday after she was reported to have walked out of the Jewel Food Store at 1156 Maple Ave. with $480.90 worth of food and household goods, police said. Addie Quinton, 35, of 2080 Carriage Hill Rd., was under store security surveillance when she combined groceries she had bought in a cart with items she hadn`t bought and wheeled them out of the store at 10 a.m., police said. Quinton was arrested and transferred to the Du Page County Jail where she posted bond.

- Pitcher Roger Pavlik was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Texas Rangers because of a broken right index finger suffered when he was hit with a grounder by Tampa Bay's Quinton McCracken. The right-hander, 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA, is expected to be sidelined a minimum of three weeks.